State Aide to Help Check on Youngsters At Clinic
E H Gentry from the state department of education will visit Dothan on Wednesday to assist Mrs. Co L Collins Houston county child welfare worker. They will review child welfare cases in preparation for the crippled children's clinic at the Country Club on April 26. The clinic will serve the district and Collins expects several score of children to attend. An able doctor has been secured and welfare officials are making full preparations for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Gentry
State Department of Education
Dothan
Co. L. Collins
Houston County
Country Club
Curb Market Women to Don Blue Smock Adopted As Uniform
Houston county women who sell produce at the Dothan curb market will wear blue smocks adopted as a standard uniform tomorrow. Mrs. W. G. Pruett, in charge, says Saturday sales exceed 110 dollars and spring will lift totals toward summer. Since 1928 the market has returned about 106000 dollars to county farm women, with a 25 cent entry fee and ten cent table use fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Dothan
W. G. Pruett
Two Couples Wed In Alabama Weekend Nuptials
Two couples obtained marriage licenses this weekend. Thomas Raymond Frith, 22, and Cyndia Smith, 18, both of Dothan. Espy McKenry Johnson, 30, Webb Route One, and Mary Low Ingram, 28, Ashford Route Two.
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Marriape
Dothan Market Report Hidden in Brief
The page records local markets with entries for peanuts and cottonseed prices and a Hog Market listing. Prices shown include No 1 Runners at 80, No 1 Spanish at 90, Cottonseed at 40, and hog classifications with prices ranging up to 6.25 for seconds and 5.25 for fives. Brands and precise grades are stated in terse, numeric lines.
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Dothan Peanut Market
Grain and oil quotes from May to July markets
Grain quotations show May and July values for Wheat 953 8, Corn 863 8, Oats 483 4, Lard 1282. July figures 823 4, 8038, 403 8, 1285. Cottonseed oil market shows May and July notes with erratic formatting and a steady sale for a “gag” tone, indicating unsettled pricing and market chatter.
New York Stocks Mixed as Rail and Steel Lead Declines
A compact review of a volatile session showing varied performances across key names such as Anaconda Copper American Can General Electric Sears Roebuck and US Steel. Leaders included strong moves in Bethlehem Steel and Westinghouse while declines hit A C Railways American Tobacco and Texas Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. R
A. T. and
Auburn Motors
Bethlehem Steel
Bendix
C. and
Chrysler
Ase
Curtis Wright
Sees
Dupont
Tere Os
Electric
Ford of
England
General Motors
Ene
Geeeral Goods
General Electric
Goodyear
Ee. IH
Loriflard Oo
Eee Cease
Montgomery Ward
Re Ae
New York Central
JIC Penney
Packardes Aavencley
Radio Corp
Wees
Reynolds Tobacco
Keith Orph
Sears Roebuck
Southern Railway
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf
US Steel Oc. Ol Ll
United Fruit
Tose Veeee
United Aircraft
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Western Union
Danzig Rebuff Continues From Pager One
The report outlines Nazi leadership including Hermann Goering Paul Goebbels and Rudolf Hess. It notes potential suppression of opposition if objectives were met and describes the Free City status awaiting League of Nations approval. Election excitement persisted with Socialist and Catholic votes tallied and deputies chosen by party leaders. Bands played in the streets as returns arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campaigen Reichsfehrer
Hitler
Neutenants
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Buerckel
Saar
Rudolf Hess
Free City
League of Nations
Volkstag
Campaign for minimum school budget gains statewide
In four Alabama counties mass meetings backed the education department minimum budget proposing a $4.4 million increase for next year. Organizers plan community meetings to rally support while lawmakers debate funding, with cautions over a limited $1.5 million rise and the impact on term length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Etowah
Madison
Geneva
Cale
Department of Education
Republicans Outline Plan for Large-Scale Work Relief
Officials project 2.5 million to be absorbed by a new work program starting July 1 with 3 million more to employ. The drive will emphasize soil erosion control and mural electrification as initial priorities, with later pruning to fund other projects. Robert Fechner said the Civilian Conservation Corps aims to raise strength from 370,000 to 800,000, creating about 900 new camps and assigning nine hundred corps commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert. c. Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Poultry Loan Trick Details at Houston County Exchange
A poultry trick loan event is scheduled for Thursday at the Houston County Farmers' Exchange located on N St Andrews Street. The lineup runs from morning until 1 p.m. at the exchange's premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Exchange
Houston Conty Farmers’ Exchange
N. St. Andrews Street
John Walls Dies at Farm Home Pioneer of Ashford Vicinity
John Walls aged 77 died at his Ashford route one farm Sunday morning after apoplexy. A longtime pioneer of the Ashford community he moved from Randolph County four decades ago and became a successful farmer and businessman. Surviving are four daughters and five brothers and four sisters. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Bethel church near Shellman with Rev. Eldridge and Rev. Pate officiating. pallbearers listed.
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John Walls
Ashford
Walle
Randolph Conty. Geeorgia
Baptist Church
Houston Eounty
Claynde Mathis
Haines City
Fla
Joe Dykes
Ellington
Aubrey Forrester
Martrid
Jennie Mae Frith
Jeff
Bob Walls
Sherman
C. W. Walls
Walls
Sylvester, Ga
Jesse Walla
Withlarootchie
George Joiner
Shellman
Bob Cheshire
Donnie Harper
Fannie Hutto
Sylvester
Bethel Church
Joe Eldridge
Cottondale
Jack Pate
Edison
Fellows
Forrester
Daibutsu of Kamakura Statue Dates to 1259
The Kamakura Daibutsu, a famed Buddha image in Japan, stands about 50 feet tall and was crafted from bronze with silver and gold.
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Kamakura
Japan
Kentucky Derby Festival To Lure Crowds In Louisville
Louisville readies a five day Kentucky Derby Festival preceding the May 4 Derby. A carnival night parade pageant and street dancing spotlight state history, scenery and bourbon to draw visitors, with beauty pageants and a bowling tournament among events. Boosting business and showcasing Louisville’s hospitality, officials cite hopes for 50 000 Derby visitors and similar crowds for preliminaries.
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Dwight IL
Pitkin
Louisville
Apr
Kentucky
New Orleans
LE Bloom
Mane West
Weather Cuts Into Attendance For Sunday Schools
Inclement weather hit Dothan Sunday school drive as attendances fell by 187. Last week only one in six attended. Churches, in a city-wide campaign ending Easter Sunday, report rankings and gains for various churches including Salvation Army, Christian Science, Grandview, Headland Avenue, Episcopal Tass, Lafayette Stop, First Presbyterian Foster Street, First Baptist, and First Christian. The table shows daily gains and losses across ten churches.
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Dothan
Salvation Army
Christian Science
Grandview
Headland Avenue
Tass Episcopal
Lafayette
First Presbyterian
Foster Street
First Baptist
First. Christian
Road plan links Dothan to Gulf Coast traffic route
Alabama leaders push the Military Road extension naming it for President Roosevelt to connect Dothan with west Florida and New Orleans. The route would meet federal criteria for military significance and enable rapid troop movement from Fort McPherson and other bases to the Pacific theater, boosting Dothan’s tourist trade and regional commerce.
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Dothan
Florida
New Orleans
Alabama
Roosevelt
National Congress
Bankhead
Bish
National Bureau of Roads
Rish
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
Oglethrope
Macon
Benning
Columbus
McClellan
Anniston
Fort
Chattanooga
Panama City
Panama Canal
Pacific
Orient
Middle West
Nashville
Birmingham
Mobile
Liverpool Cotton Prices Edge Higher in Fair Demand
Liverpool April AP cotton market reports 9 000 bales including 1 200 American. Spot demand fair with prices six points higher. Quotations: American strict good middling 7.02, good middling 6.72, strict middling 6.57, middling 6.42, strict low middling 6.27, low middling 6.02, strict good ordinary 5.82, good ordinary 5.52. Futures closed steady with May 6.21, July 6.15, Oct 5.91, Dec 5.88, Jan 5.89, Mar 5.89.
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Liverpool
Charles Tindel Named Jackson Farm Censor
Charles Tindel of Graceville was appointed farm census enumerator for Jackson county by Nathan Mayo Florida state commissioner of agriculture. A legislature approved an appropriation bill for the census last week.
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Marianna, Fla
j—Charles Tindel
Graceville
Jackson County
Nathan Mayo
Mrs Tunstall to attend Child Welfare League meeting
Montgomery April 8 Mrs A M Tunstall director of the child welfare department will attend a meeting of the Committee to be held April 37 in New York The League will pay all expenses She serves on the executive committee board of directors of the League and on the boards of the American Public Welfare Association and the Alabama Chapter of the American Association of Social Workers as legislative chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fitts Hill
Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers
Ozark
Geneva
Attalla
O. C. Bottoms
Etowah County
Madison County Teachers Association
Huntsville
J. A. Keller
Parent-Teacher Association
E. L. Morphet
Education Department
Selma
Dallas
Keller
R.F. Hamner
Dr. Morphet
Finance and Taxation
Bibb Graves
Parent-Teacher Congress
Dr. Keller
Hill
Montgomery
A. M. Tunstall
Child Welfare Department
Chicago
Ill
Child Welfare League of America
New York
League
Itinerary Revealed for Mrs W G Pruett Dem Agent
The itinerary of county home demonstration agent Mrs W G Pruett extends through upcoming engagements with stops likely at multiple county offices and community events. Details list dates and locations for planned visits and presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Pruett
County Home
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